Viral outbreaks remain a serious threat to human and animal populations and motivate the
continued development of antiviral drugs and vaccines, which in turn benefits from a …

Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) is a widely used model for virus replication studies. A
major challenge lies in distinguishing between the roles of the interaction between coat …

Throughout history, coronaviruses have posed challenges to both public health and the
global economy; nevertheless, methods to combat them remain rudimentary, primarily due …

An important goal of systems and synthetic biology is to produce high value chemical
species in large quantities. Microcompartments, which are protein nanoshells encapsulating …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has spurred unprecedented and concerted worldwide research to curtail and …

Abstract RNA viruses (realm: Riboviria), including RNA phages and eukaryote‐infecting
RNA viruses, are essential components of marine ecosystems. A large number of marine …

Understanding the pathways by which simple RNA viruses self-assemble from their coat
proteins and RNA is of practical and fundamental interest. Although RNA–protein …

The mechanisms that underlie the spontaneous and faithful assembly of virus particles are
guiding the design of self-assembling protein-based nanostructures for biomedical or …

Understanding the principles governing protein arrangement in viral capsids and structurally
similar protein shells can enable the development of new antiviral strategies and the design …

Protein nanoparticles play pivotal roles in many areas of bionanotechnology, including drug
delivery, vaccination, and diagnostics. These technologies require control over the distinct …